It was a grotty morning in Bradshaw with fog and drizzle, fed up with waiting for it to clear I drove down to check out Cromwell Bottom NR where I knew the weather would be a lot clearer.
I parked near the fishing ponds and headed off.
A quick look at the river for my target bird, Little Grebe, paid dividends with a Little Grebe diving early on, in the river opposite the canal and river trust small stone building.
Further along there were a couple of Siskin in the trees.
I had a look at the lake through the railings and trees before looking at the lagoon and then walking along the side of the river.
A Calderdale Birders WhatsApp from JB stopped me in my tracks with a report of a 1st Winter Caspian Gull on the ski-lake.
I texted JB to find out that he was scoping the lake from below Casa, so I legged it back to the car and parked opposite Casa.
JB had the bird in his scope - it was about as distant as possible - perched on a post at the far end of the reservoir.
Caspian Gull is a Calderdale first for me and I personally would not have been able to ID it.
I did get a 'photo' but at the distance it is pretty rubbish.
The bird left the post soon after though.
Birds:-
1st Winter Caspian Gull.
Little Grebe.
2 Siskin.
Mute Swan.
Heron.
3 Male Goldeneye.
Herring Gull, Common Gull, Black Headed Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull.
Tufted Duck.
Coot, Moorhen. Goosander. Cormorant.
Something to brighten your day or possibly not:-
The teacher says to Johnny: Johnny I want you to the word exaggerate in a short paragraph..
Johnny: Ok Miss:
My mate Billy was telling me that he had some tummy problem.
I asked him what he'd had for breakfast and he told me that he had had Bacon and Eggs.
I said you tummy problem might have been caused by those exaggerate.
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